Archive for the 'history'

• Lexington Green Interviewed on Against the Current

September 10th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, America, America 3.0, analytic, anthropology, authors, blog-friends, chicago boyz, conservativism, culture, democracy, democratic party, economic determinism, economics, freedom, futurism, globalization, government, history, ideas, intellectuals, Podcast, politics, Republic, republican party | 2 comments

• We’re a legacy industry in a world of start-up competitors

August 26th, 2015 by Charles Cameron

Posted in 2015, 20th century, 21st century, Afghanistan, al qaida, Alawis, America, analytic, Arab Spring, arab world, asymmetric, blindspots, caliph, CENTCOM, Charles Cameron, computers, corruption, cultural intelligence, culture, cve, DARPA, daveed gartenstein-ross, diplomacy, diplomatic history, Doublequotes, drones, ecology, economics, ecosystem, education, egypt, elections, empire, extremists, Failed State, foreign language, foreign policy, Geography, geopolitics, global warming, globalization, government, Hamas, hezbollah, history, husain haqqani, India, indigenous, innovation, intervention, iran, iraq, IS, ISIS, Islam, islamic world, islamist, Israel, jordan, kurdistan, Lebanon, legitimacy, map, maps of war, maqdisi, mb / ikhwan, mideast, military, military contractor, mystery, national security, non-state actors, organizations, palestine, peace, recommended viewing, Religion, saudi arabia, sectarian, secular, sharia, shia, slavery, state failure, strategy, sufi, sunni, terrorism, tribes, tunisia, turkey, Uncategorized, Vietnam War, wahhab, water & water wars, web 2.0, westphalia, women, wwi, yazidi / yezidi | 2 comments

• On the Shoulders of Giants — Merton’s OTSOG illustrated?

August 22nd, 2015 by Charles Cameron

Posted in Charles Cameron, Doublequotes, history, philosophy, photography, supreme court, Uncategorized | Comments Off on On the Shoulders of Giants — Merton’s OTSOG illustrated?

• Intellectuals and their Romance with Political Barbarism

July 4th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 20th century, 21st century, analytic, arab world, authoritarian, barbaric, caliph, Charles Cameron, Communism, comparative, cultural intelligence, culture, dictator, dystopia, egypt, europe, extremists, Failed State, Fascism, foreign policy, Germany, history, hitler, Ho Chi Minh, ideas, intellectuals, iraq, ISIS, Islam, islamic world, islamist, Liberalism, Mahdist, meme, mideast, Musings, narrative, nazis, neoconservatism, non-state actors, Patterns, Perception, politics, power, primary loyalties, propaganda, psychology, question, radicalization, revolution, society, soviet union, stalin, state terrorism, sunni, synthesis, Tactics, Taliban, theory, totalitarianism, Uncategorized | 21 comments

• Cold War and Political Fire: Speculation on the State of Sinology

June 8th, 2015 by zen

Posted in 20th century, America, chiang kai-shek, china, cold war, Communism, Confucianism, cultural intelligence, foreign policy, government, history, intellectuals, national security, politics | 11 comments